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Monthly Archives: June 2017

New Officers Sworn In at 2017 FJA Annual Convention Tallahassee, Florida – Tampa attorney Dale Swope last week became the 58th president of the Florida Justice Association. Swope took the leadership reins of the organization at the Florida Justice Association’s 2017 Annual Conference in St. Pete Beach. “I’m honored my colleagues have placed their trust…

In a 4-to-3 ruling, the Florida Supreme Court today affirmed the decision of the Fourth District Court of Appeal that the Florida statute establishing caps on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice personal injury cases is unconstitutional. In its ruling, the Court wrote: [T]he caps on noneconomic damages in sections 766.118(2) and (3) arbitrarily reduce damage…